Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit come together for a memorial in remembrance of lives that were lost as a result of an aircraft incident that took place in 2017. Four years ago on Aug. 5, two Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 and one Marine from Battalion Landing Team 3/5, lost their lives as a result of the incident which took place off the coast of Australia during exercise Talisman Sabre. With heavy hearts we remember three warfighters, 1st Lt. Benjamin Cross, Cpl. Nathaniel Ordway and Pfc. Ruben Velasco. As Marines and Sailors we come togethe


Marines and Sailors with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit come together for a memorial in remembrance of lives that were lost as a result of an aircraft incident that took place in 2017. Four years ago on Aug. 5, two Marines from Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 and one Marine from Battalion Landing Team 3/5, lost their lives as a result of the incident which took place off the coast of Australia during exercise Talisman Sabre. With heavy hearts we remember three warfighters, 1st Lt. Benjamin Cross, Cpl. Nathaniel Ordway and Pfc. Ruben Velasco. As Marines and Sailors we come together to look back at where we came from and remember the Marines we have lost.


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